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Texas GOP nears vote on new maps as Democrats stage protest in state House

Texas Republicans are moving closer to approving new congressional maps amid a Democratic show of protest over the GOP House speaker’s order that members who fled the state weeks earlier be placed under law enforcement watch.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Texas House Democrats return to Austin as Republicans resume redistricting effort

The Texas House gaveled in at noon with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1h

First domino in national redistricting fight likely to fall with Texas GOP poised for vote on maps

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.

California, Texas and Democrat

The Morning Call · 11h

Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting as California prepares to retaliate

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.

The Associated Press on MSN · 16h

Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor.

USA Today · 15h

California Republicans sue to hold up Democratic redistricting plan

The lawsuit comes as Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to grow California's US House Democratic delegation to match a Texas plan to net the GOP five more seats.

Live updates: Texas GOP poised to vote on new gerrymandered district map

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for ...

Texas Republicans set to approve Trump-backed new congressional map after lengthy fight

The gambit has triggered a national redistricting war, with governors of both parties threatening to initiate similar efforts ...

Even at the grocery store, Texas troopers don't let Democrats out of sight after walkout

Austin, Texas — Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier refused to come to the Texas state Capitol for two weeks. Now she won't leave, and fellow Democrats are joining her protest.

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Texas Dems Would Back Beto O’Rourke For Third Time: POLL

Former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke is the preferred candidate among Democratic voters in the state’s 2026 Senate race ...

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Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier slept in House chamber after refusing GOP-mandated permission slip to leave

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a ...

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Democratic Texas lawmaker spent night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

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Texas Democrats who fled state in protest of gerrymandering return home, restoring quorum

More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state two weeks ago in protest of their Republican colleagues’ ...

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Texas Democrats weigh their end game and Trump makes his mark on D.C: From the Politics Desk

Plus, ahead of Friday's summit, Trump threatens “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the Russia-Ukraine ...

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